WRMF

WRMF

Palm Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	Palm Beach County / Broward County
Frequency	97.9 MHz (HD Radio)
RDS	979WRMF
Branding	97.9 WRMF
Programming
Format	Hot adult contemporary
Subchannels	HD2: WFTL simulcast (Talk radio) HD3: WPBR simulcast (Haitian Creole talk and contemporary hits) HD4: Party 96.3 (Top 40 (CHR))
Ownership
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting (WPB FCC License Sub, LLC)
Sister stations	WEAT, WFTL, WIRK, WMBX, WMEN
History
First air date	March 17, 1957 (as WQXT-FM)
Former call signs	WQXT-FM (1957-1964) WWOS (1964-1971) WMUM (1971-1973) WJNO-FM (1973-1980)[1]
Call sign meaning	Richard M. Fairbanks (previous owner)
Technical information
Facility ID	20436
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	411 meters (1355 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26° 34' 31" N, 80° 14' 31" W
Translator(s)	96.3 W242CI (Jupiter)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD4)
Website	wrmf.com party963.com (HD4)

WRMF (97.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Palm Beach, Florida. It serves the northern sections of the Miami metropolitan area, including West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. The station airs a hot adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. The studios and offices are on Northpoint Parkway in West Palm Beach. For the past three decades, WRMF has been at or close to #1 in the West Palm Beach radio market ratings.

WRMF has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is in Lake Worth, west of U.S. Route 441.^[2] WRMF is licensed to broadcast in the HD Radio digital format.^[3][4] The HD2 subchannel simulcasts the talk radio format on sister station WFTL, while the HD3 subchannel carries Haitian Creole talk and contemporary hits from co-owned WPBR.

History[edit]

WQXT-FM, WWOS[edit]

On March 17, 1957, the station signed on as WQXT-FM, the FM counterpart to WQXT (now WPBR), under the ownership of the Flame Radio & TV Corporation..^[5] They simulcast a full service middle of the road format of adult popular music and news, with national shows from the ABC Radio Network. The studios were located on Lake Worth Beach.

In 1963, WQXT-AM-FM were sold to Fairfax Broadcasting.^[6] The following year, the FM station's call sign was changed to WWOS, standing for "Wonderful World of Stereo," when the station began broadcasting in FM stereo full time. In 1971, the simulcast with WQXT ended, as WWOS switched to Progressive Rock using the call letters WMUM for "The Mother."

WJNO-FM, WRMF[edit]

The station was sold in 1971 to Robert M. Weeks, who also owned WJNO (now WBZT).^[7] The FM station became WJNO-FM, "J-98", switching to an album rock format.

WJNO-AM-FM were acquired by Richard M. Fairbanks in July 1979.^[8] The FM station's call letters were changed to WRMF in January 1980, representing the owner's initials. Nearly a year later in December 1980, WRMF dropped its album rock format and switched to an adult contemporary format.^[9] When the 1990s rolled along, its format would later begin picking up the tempo and its format moved into a hot adult contemporary format by the middle of the decade.

Alpha and Hubbard ownership[edit]

In the 2010s, WRMF was acquired by Alpha Media, based in Portland, Oregon. On September 27, 2018, Alpha Media agreed to sell its cluster in West Palm Beach to Hubbard Radio.^[10] The sale, at a price of $88 million, was consummated on January 23, 2019.

Shows[edit]

• The KVJ Show - Weekdays and Saturdays from 6am-10am
• Randi West - Weekdays from 10am-2pm
• Danny & Meghan-Weekdays from 2pm-6pm
• KVJ Replay 6pm
• Suits 7pm-midnight
• South Florida Sunday - Sundays from 6-7am (public affairs)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• WRMF official website
• WRMF in the FCC FM station database
• WRMF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• W242CI in the FCC FM station database
• W242CI at FCCdata.org

26°34′37″N 80°14′31″W / 26.577°N 80.242°W / 26.577; -80.242